Weather strip



2,@3 ffl 72 YATES WEATHER STRI P Filed ept. 8, 1934 Patented Sept. 24,1935 PATENT OFFICE WEATHER STRIP James M. Yates, Cookeville, Tenn.,assigner of one-half to Worth Bryant and one-fourth to D. C. Wilhite,bothof Cookeville, Tenn.

Application September 8, 1934, Serial No. 743,249 2 Claims. (Cl. 207-68)This invention relates to improvements in means for closing aperturesbetween swinging closure members and for frames, and pertainsparticularly to an improved weather strip or stop for use upon doors. I

The` primary objecto-f the present invention is to provide a novel formof weather strip or stop wherein a novel means is provided for shiftingthe stop in a vertical path so that the entire stop is at alltimeswithin the area outlined by the surfaces of the closure upon which it ismounted.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved weatherstrip which is so designed that it may be readily applied to either sideof a closure member ormay be adjusted for use in accordance with theside oi' the closure member upon which the supporting hinges are placed.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding,however, that the invention is not coniined to any strict conformitywith the showing of the drawing but may be changed or modied so long assuch changes or modications mark no material departure from the salientfeatures of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a View in elevation of the lower part of a closuremembershowing the weather strip or stop embodying the present inventionapplied thereto, the casing for the stop being in longitudinal section.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially upon the line 2 2 ofFigure 1.

Frigure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the rear part ofthe closure and frame showing the closure in closed position.

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of the lower part of the closure andframe showing the shiftable weather strip or stop in elevation.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view of the central' portion of the deviceshowing the position of the stop shifting means when the stop is down.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I indicates the lower portion of adoor, the side of the frame therefor to which the door is hingedlyattached, being indicated by the numeral 2 and a lower hinge beingindicated by the numeral 3.

In carrying out the present invention, one face of the door I is cut outor recessed, as indicated at 4, to receive the housing 5 for the presentinvention. The housing 5 is in the form of an elongated shell ofsubstantially U-shaped cross section, having the inner and outer sidewalls 6 and l, respectively, and the connecting top wall 8. At each endof the housing, the outer wall 'I has a 5 portion of each end turned atright angles to form an end wall 9 which is in abutting relation withthe opposite side wall 6, as illustrated in Figure 5. Extendinglaterally from the lower edge of the inner wall 5 away from the housing5, is a bottom 10 flange or plate Ill, which positions against and issecured to the bottom surface of the door I. Suitable securing means maybe passed through this bottom flange into the bottom of the door tomaintain the housing in position in conjunction with l5 screws II passedtransversely through the walls S and of the housing and into thevertical face of the recess 4 in which the housing is located.

The lower side of the housing 5 is open throughout its length anddisposed within and extending 20 throughout the interior length of thehousing is an elongated shiftable body I2 which also is of U-shapedcross section, as shown vin Figure 3, the lower edge of this body beingopen and having projecting therefrom the compressible strip of 25material I3 which is preferably felt or a suitable similar material.

As shown in Figure 1, the body I2 which conistitutes the carrier for thecontact material I3 is of a length substantially equal to the interior30 length of the housing 5 and is Vtransversely rounded slightly at eachend, as indicated at I4, to prevent binding as it moves vertically inthe housing 5 in the event that the underlying surface with which itcomes in contact is not parallel 35 with the bottom edge of the housing.

The felt strip carrier body l2 is supported at each end by a coil springI5 which is suspended from a pin I6 disposed transversely of the housing5 between the side walls thereof. At its 40 transverse center, the body'I has the top wall cut away to form a recess Il and projecting throughthis recess and beyond the top edge of the body I2 is a roller I8 whichis pivotally mounted upon a transverse pivot pin I9 carried by the bodyI2. 45,

Each end wall 9 of the housing 5 has an yaperture 2! therein adjacentthe top wall 8, and one of these apertures has extending therethroughone end of the reciprocable bar 2 I. The inner end of the bar 2`I ispivotally attached, as at 22, 50 to the end of one side leg of anelongated substantially U-shaped camming member 23 which is disposedhorizontally within the housing 5 and has the free end of its other legpivotally supported upon the transverse pivot pin 24 which 55 extendsacross the housing between the side walls at one side of the transverseVcenter of the housing. The member 23 is disposed, as shown, with oneleg lying above the other and the upper leg, to which the rod 2I isattached, is slightly longer than the lower leg which is fixed to thehousing and the said lower leg adjacent the yoke end of the membercontacts with the roller I8. It will thus be seen that with theapplication of longitudinal movement to the rod 2 I, the member 23 willrock downwardly on the pivot pin 24 and force the body I2 downwardly. Asillustrated, the outer edge of the lower leg of the` U-shaped member 23is convex and merges with the rounded or convex outer edge of the yokeportion which connects the legs together so that when the camming memberis rocked, these rounded edges will be caused to move smoothly on theroller I8.

As shown in Figure l, an aperture 25 is formed in the side walls of thehousing 5 at the opposite side of the transverse center of the housingfrom the pin 24, and this pin is adapted to be removed and inserted intothe apertures 25 so that the rod 2I and camming element 23 may bereversed in their positions so that the rod will extend through theother end wall aperture 20 and the device as a whole adapted to a doorhaving the hinges upon the opposite side from the door here illustrated.

The face'of the door frame 2 against which the rear edge of the doorabuts, has a large flat headed screw 26 xed therein to form an abutmentfor the projecting end of the rod 2 I.

From the foregoing, it will be readily apparent that in operation, whenthe door I is closed, the free end of the rod 2| will abut the face ofthe screw 26 and cause the felt carrier I2 to be forced downwardly in ahorizontal plane against the tension of the springs I5, so as to bringthe felt I3 into contact with the underlying floor or other surface.

. Should the underlying surface be out of parallel relation with thelower edge of the door or the housing 5, the springs I5 will yield topermit one end of the felt carrier to move downwardly in advance of theother so that contact will be made between the felt and the underlyingsurface throughout the length of the door bottom.

What is claimed isz- 1. A device of the character described designed forinsertion in a recess in an edge of a closure, an elong-ated bodydesigned to position in said recess and consisting of a rigid portionand a yieldable portion, said yieldable portion being directed outwardlyfrom the recess, a pair of spring members attached to the rigid portionof the body at the ends and constituting means for supporting the bodyWithin the recess, a roller bearing carried by the rigid portion of thebody midway of its ends, a substantially U-shaped element having theouter side of one leg bowed outwardly to form a cam surface whichcontacts said roller bearing, means pivotally securing the free end ofthat side of the U-element which contacts the roller and maintaining theelement in the recess with the legs of the element lying one over theother above and in the vertical plane of said body, and a reciprocablymounted bar pivotally attached at one end to the free end of theopposite side of the U-shaped element, said bar having its other endnormally extended from an end of the recess for Contact with a frameinto which the closure may be moved.

2. A device of the character described designed for insertion into arecess in an edge of a closure comprising an elongated body adapted toposition in said recess and consisting of a rigid portion and ayieldable portion, said yieldable portion being directed outwardly fromthe recess, spring elements attached to the rigid portion oI' the bodyat the ends and operating to support and normally tending to retract thebody in the recess, a bearing carried by the rigid portion of the bodymidway of its ends, an elongated flat element disposed above the body toextend longitudinally with respect to the same and having asubstantially U-shaped edge contour constituting a camming surface whichhas contact with said bearing, means pivotally engaging the flat elementat one end of the camming edge to support the element over the saidrigid body, a bar mounted for longitudinal reciprocation over and in apath parallel with the rigid body, and a pivotal connection between anend of said bar and the flat element adjacent the other end of theU-shaped camming edge thereof, the other end of said bar being normallyextended from an end of the recess for contact with a frame into whichthe closure may be moved.

JAMES M. YATES.

